Country profile · Issue No. 01 · May 2026
Guyana.
GUYGuyana’s row in the Caribbean Debt Tracker. Five metrics, the stated fiscal anchor, current IMF engagement, and the primary sources behind every figure. Last verified 2026-05-02.
- Debt to GDP
- 27.6%
- Primary balance
- —
- Real GDP growth
- 16.2%
as of 2025
pending refresh
2026 projection
Fiscal anchor
No formal numerical anchor; debt managed under the Natural Resource Fund framework.
IMF programme status
No active programme; surveillance only
Notes
Total public and publicly guaranteed debt was US$6.80bn at end-June 2025, equal to 27.6% of 2024 GDP (Guyana Mid-Year Report 2025); the IMF WEO general government series puts the 2025 ratio at 28.6%, within the same band. Central government debt fell to 24.3% in 2024 from 47.4% in 2020 as nominal GDP expanded with the oil cycle. The IMF–WB DSA (April 2025) rates the risk of debt distress as low. The IMF WEO (April 2026) projects real GDP growth of 16.2% in 2026 (down from 19.3% in 2025); earlier in-year commentary cited as high as 23%. The hydrocarbon trajectory makes regional averages misleading, so Guyana is reported separately and excluded from the regional primary-balance aggregate.
Sources
Last verified · 2026-05-02
- IMF Press Release 25/132 — Guyana Article IV, 7 May 2025
- IMF Staff Concluding Statement, Guyana Article IV, 7 March 2025
- IMF–WB Debt Sustainability Analysis, April 2025 (risk of debt distress: low)
- Ministry of Finance, Guyana — Mid-Year Report 2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026
- IMF DataMapper — Guyana country profile (corroborating series)
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The same five metrics across the Caribbean Community, with the regional aggregate panel and the methodology. Refreshed against each new IMF World Economic Outlook release. Issue No. 02 follows the October 2026 (post the IMF WEO autumn release).